Enjoy the delight of jumping in spring puddles with this charming Paper Plate Watercolor Puddle Craft! It combines a wonderfully entertaining watercolor painting activity with a cute rainy-day spring project.
What child can resist stomping through puddles? With this lovely spring puddle activity, you can preserve that excitement throughout the year, even on dry days. We’ve also included a Free Printable Rain Boot Template, which you can personalize in any style before pretending to splash through puddles!
Watercolor Rainy Day Puddle Craft
Before creating this watercolor rainy-day puddle project, begin by printing our rain boot template.
For the remaining materials, gather paper plates, watercolors, cardstock in any colors you prefer, markers in a variety of shades, scissors, and a glue stick.
Paper Plate Puddle Craft Supplies Needed
- Rain Boot Template
- Paper plate
- Watercolors
- Cardstock – colors of your choice
- Markers – various colors
- Scissors
- Glue stick
Paper Plate Watercolor Puddle Craft Step by Step Directions
First, collect a paper plate and some watercolors. Blue paint is essential for this project, and we chose several different blue tones.
Apply the watercolors across the paper plate.
Allow the painted plate to dry fully.
As the paint dries, print and cut out the rain boot template. Place it on the cardstock shade you selected and trace around it. We folded the cardstock in half so that tracing was only necessary one time.
Trim out the rain boots.
Decorate the rain boots with the markers in any design you prefer.
Once the paint has dried, attach the rain boots to the middle of the paper plate with glue.
And that’s everything you need to make this charming and adorable spring craft!
Materials
- Rain Boot Template
- Paper plate
- Watercolors
- Cardstock – colors of your choice
- Markers – various colors
- Scissors
- Glue stick
Instructions
- Start by collecting a paper plate and watercolors. Be sure to use blue watercolors, as we selected several shades of blue.
- Cover the paper plate with watercolor paint.
- Wait until the paint is completely dry.
- While the painted plate dries, print the rain boot template and cut out the pieces.
- Trace the template onto the cardstock color you chose. Folding the cardstock in half allowed us to trace it only once.
- Cut the rain boots out.
- Personalize the rain boots using the markers.
- After the paint has dried, glue the rain boots onto the center of the paper plate.